South Sudan making cooking oil from palms

Oil in South Sudan The IGC

  • South Sudan making cooking oil from palms
  • South Sudan making cooking oil from palms
  • South Sudan making cooking oil from palms
  • South Sudan making cooking oil from palms

The socioecological benefits and consequences of oil palm

The environmental impacts of palm oil

RBD Palm Oil production in South Sudan Tridge

Sustainable Fuel for Cooking WFP Innovation

  • How sustainable is oil palm production?
  • The sustainability of oil palm production will depend in part on using cover crops, especially under suboptimal conditions. Leguminous cover crops are grown to (a) coexist with oil palm following jungle clearing and planting/replanting, (b) provide complete cover to an otherwise bare soil, and (c) protect from erosion.
  • Where do oil palm seeds come from?
  • Globally, the best production levels are achieved in high rainfall areas in equatorial regions between 7° N and 7° S. During the nineteenth century, oil palm seeds were transported to the Dutch East Indies (modern Indonesia), and to the Malay States (modern Malaysia), as part of colonial ventures to grow newly introduced cash crops in the region.
  • What impact does oil palm cultivation have on Africa?
  • The impacts of oil palm cultivation have been studied extensively in Southeast Asia and – to a lesser extent – in Latin America but, in comparison, very little is known about its impacts in Africa: oil palm's native range, and where cultivation is expanding rapidly.
  • What is oil palm cultivation?
  • Oil palm cultivation involves the introduction and spread of invasive species, including the oil palm itself (noted in Madagascar and Brazil’s Atlantic Forests 47), as well as non-native cover crops and nitrogen-fixing plants (for example, Mucuna bracteata or Calopogonium caeruleum).

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